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Tuesday December 22, 1936

The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

No post today.

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today

 

Radio station 2CH’s Children’s Christmas party, Trocadero,Paris.

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Image result for december 22, 1936Man looks out over the Hudson River and NYC from within the framework of the George Washington Bridge

 

 

 

 

 

An abandoned coal camp on Scott’s Run, West Virginia,

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Egyptian parliament ratified the Anglo-Egyptian treaty.

Chicago Daily Tribune December 22, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune December 22, 1936

Thursday August 30, 1934

(no entry) We know she is spending time with family in El Paso and preparing for the move to Roswell for her second teaching job.  Her next entry is tomorrow!

A look ahead: She is getting ready to leave for Roswell.   I’m surprised how often this teacher stays out late on a work night. And we find out what movie inspires the latest dance craze!  

Here’s a look at what was making headlines 80 years-ago today.

President Roosevelt signed the Guffey Coal Act and the Revenue Act of 1935 into law.

The Reichsmusikkammer banned non-Aryans from playing in German orchestras.

Nazi Germany ordered workers under 25 years of age to surrender their jobs to older unemployed men, especially fathers of large families. All employers would be required to submit reports to the labour office divulging the number of workers they employ under the age of 25 and what measures they would be taking to replace them

El Paso Herald-Post August 30, 1934
El Paso Herold-Post August 30, 1934